diff --git a/WINGs/wevent.c b/WINGs/wevent.c
index 8f7a5b6f..80bde8f3 100644
--- a/WINGs/wevent.c
+++ b/WINGs/wevent.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "WINGsP.h"
 
 /* table to map event types to event masks */
-static unsigned long eventMasks[] = {
+static const unsigned long eventMasks[] = {
 	0,
 	0,
 	KeyPressMask,		/* KeyPress */
diff --git a/WINGs/wfontpanel.c b/WINGs/wfontpanel.c
index 51e895de..0a99c3e0 100644
--- a/WINGs/wfontpanel.c
+++ b/WINGs/wfontpanel.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ typedef struct W_FontPanel {
 #define DEF_WIDTH	320
 #define DEF_HEIGHT	(DEF_UPPER_HEIGHT+DEF_LOWER_HEIGHT)
 
-static int scalableFontSizes[] = {
+static const int scalableFontSizes[] = {
 	8,
 	10,
 	11,
diff --git a/WPrefs.app/Expert.c b/WPrefs.app/Expert.c
index 7cb85f34..e170bbdb 100644
--- a/WPrefs.app/Expert.c
+++ b/WPrefs.app/Expert.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  * expert tab of the window with the corresponding information for effect
  */
 static const struct {
-	char *label; /* Text displayed to user */
+	const char *label;  /* Text displayed to user */
 
 	int def_state;  /* True/False: the default value, if not defined in current config */
 
diff --git a/WPrefs.app/KeyboardShortcuts.c b/WPrefs.app/KeyboardShortcuts.c
index ef486568..a4d4c576 100644
--- a/WPrefs.app/KeyboardShortcuts.c
+++ b/WPrefs.app/KeyboardShortcuts.c
@@ -67,11 +67,7 @@ typedef struct _Panel {
  */
 static const struct {
 	const char *key;
-	/*
-	 * Fixme: this string should be 'const', but 'WMAddListItem'
-	 *        do not allow us to do so
-	 */
-	char *title;
+	const char *title;
 } keyOptions[] = {
 	{ "RootMenuKey",    N_("Open applications menu") },
 	{ "WindowListKey",  N_("Open window list menu") },